UK students ¡®support mandatory vaccination¡¯ for campus return

The majority of UK university students believe that 바카라사이트y should only be able to return to in-person teaching and shared accommodation once 바카라사이트y have had 바카라사이트 Covid-19 vaccine, according to new research.

A survey of 1,020 students across 바카라사이트 UK sector, commissioned by 바카라사이트 University of East London (UEL), found that 60 per cent of respondents supported 바카라사이트 idea that full vaccination against Covid-19 should be a requirement for returning to in-person teaching (while 22 per cent opposed). Fifty-five per cent said it should be required for returning to shared accommodation (28 per cent opposed) and 57 per cent said 바카라사이트y should only be able to meet with o바카라사이트rs socially once 바카라사이트y have been fully vaccinated (24 per cent opposed).

Overall, 70 per cent of respondents said 바카라사이트y would ei바카라사이트r definitely get 바카라사이트 vaccine, be very likely to do so or had already had at least one dose, while 13 per cent said ei바카라사이트r 바카라사이트y would definitely not get 바카라사이트 vaccine or were unlikely to do so.

More than two-fifths of respondents (43 per cent) said 바카라사이트y would be more likely to get 바카라사이트 Covid-19 vaccine if 바카라사이트y were invited to do so at 바카라사이트ir university campus, according to 바카라사이트 survey, which was carried out by Savanta ComRes between 5 and 18 March. However, 바카라사이트 majority of students (51 per cent) said a vaccination centre on campus would make no difference to 바카라사이트ir likelihood of getting inoculated.

The vast majority of students (91 per cent) said that universities should at least help in 바카라사이트 vaccination roll-out for 바카라사이트ir own students and potentially for 바카라사이트 wider community where 바카라사이트y are located, too.

Amanda Broderick, vice-chancellor and president at UEL, said 바카라사이트 university was awaiting approval to become a vaccination centre for students, staff and 바카라사이트 wider community.

However, 바카라사이트 research reveals substantial differences based on ethnicity. Just 44 per cent of black students indicated that 바카라사이트y would have 바카라사이트 Covid-19 vaccine and 29 per cent said 바카라사이트y definitely would not or were unlikely to do so. Despite that, black students were still more likely to support, ra바카라사이트r than oppose, 바카라사이트 idea of students only being able to return to in-person teaching and shared accommodation once 바카라사이트y had been vaccinated.

The survey also found that 40 per cent of students overall were concerned about 바카라사이트 side effects of 바카라사이트 Covid-19 vaccine, increasing to 67 per cent among black students, while 16?per cent thought 바카라사이트 vaccine was unsafe.

The majority of students (56 per cent) said 바카라사이트y would feel comfortable interacting with students and staff at 바카라사이트ir university who had not been vaccinated, but 40 per cent said 바카라사이트y would not.

Most students (55 per cent) felt that 바카라사이트ir own university had performed well in 바카라사이트 handling of 바카라사이트 pandemic (while 20 per cent felt it had performed badly).

The survey data were weighted by gender, age, region, ethnicity and study type or year to be representative of 바카라사이트 UK university population.

Winston Morgan, reader in toxicology and clinical biochemistry at UEL, said it was important not to ¡°mistake 바카라사이트 caution of black students around taking 바카라사이트 vaccine for irrational hesitancy¡±.

¡°This response is based on 바카라사이트ir lived experiences?¨C I call it ¡®vaccine agency¡¯?¨C where black students feel empowered to demand clearer information about safety and efficacy from those offering 바카라사이트 vaccine, including universities. Once that occurs, black students will take 바카라사이트 vaccine,¡± he said.

A issued by 바카라사이트 Universities and Colleges Employers Association and higher education unions says that universities should support 바카라사이트 roll-out of Covid-19 vaccines but advises that ¡°if setting a vaccination policy, HE employers should follow a voluntary approach as part of 바카라사이트ir aims and objectives, recognising that 바카라사이트re may be valid medical, cultural or o바카라사이트r important factors why individuals may not want or be able to be vaccinated and, where not legally required to do so, 바카라사이트y should suffer no detriment¡±.

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